Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School, Lytham St Annes

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School on 7 areas: 4 strong standard and 3 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders promote the importance of attending school regularly."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Being inclusive is at the heart of this school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders' astute understanding of the school's work is a bedrock for their strategic improvement work."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders have carefully crafted the personal development programme to be relevant to pupils' lives now and in the future."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Published results demonstrate that pupils' attainment in Year 6 in national reading, writing and mathematics tests is above or close to national averages over time."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum that builds pupils' knowledge and skills."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start in the early years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to further refine their work to ensure that teaching supports pupils to apply and connect their learning to the same high standard in all subjects"; "Leaders should ensure that the systems, routines and strategies in place to develop pupils' phonics and multiplication knowledge and skills secure sustained improvements in pupils' achievement and that these gains are reflected in published results".

In its own words: "We will set a date and time that's personalised for you and fits with your busy diaries. There will also be opportunity for questions during your visit and to see school during learning time. We want you to see our busy school during a regular day so you can experience everything at work for yourselves."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £4.50 per day.

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils at Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 88% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 75% and 74% in Lancashire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 85% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 19 families put Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School as their first choice and 53 named it as one of their preferences, for 20 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School are Heyhouses Endowed Church of England Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 81% reading, 90% maths); Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles); Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 87% maths); and St Annes on Sea St Thomas' Church of England Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 81% reading, 81% maths).

Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

31 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School (as of April 2026): 90% would recommend the school, 94% say their child is happy there and 50% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (50%).

43.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School had 10 teachers in 2026, one for every 24 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is St Annes-on-the-Sea Rail Station, about 720 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Harwood Avenue (by), 140 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 165 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Lancashire (109), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Lytham St Annes Mayfield Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.